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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
6
Mrs. Dorothy Bailey and her daughter Wanda of Riverside are visiting the Merwin Hunts and Mrs. Bailey is considering establishing her home in Shafter.
A committee of motion picture personalities endorses Proposition 3, which would set a minimum teacher salary of 2400 dollars annually in California. Eddie Cantor and Edward Arnold lead the group, with members including DeMille, Pickford, Zanuck and others urging a yes vote for educational funding.
Mr and Mrs C V McKenny spent the week end at Huntington Beach visiting Lt McKenny and his family and also their daughter Mrs Chaplin and her daughter Judy.
U S Senator William F Knowland spoke against a 160 acre cap for the Central Valley Project arguing the plan would confiscate private property rights He warned Congress that enforcing such limits could extend bureaucratic control over the economy and politics.
The north rim of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River rises about one thousand feet higher than the south rim, illustrating a notable vertical difference in this famed landscape.
Mr. and Mrs. W T Kinman and Mr. and Mrs A J Hemingson attended the California Nevada Kiwanis convention in Oakland last week as delegates. The ball honoring the Governor was a formal affair and a luncheon honored the Governor’s wife. Attendees also enjoyed the Governor’s game between California and St Mary at Berkeley.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Martin of Topeka Kansas are visiting in the home of their niece Mrs. Ray Paslay this week.
The Register and Vote Campaign shifts to a get out the vote objective from now until polls close on Tuesday November 5. Authorities expect counties to compile pre election registration results later, with unofficial advice pointing to heavy registration driven by individuals and organizations across the state.
A farewell tea for Mrs. W. S. Adamson and her daughters Donna Rae and Karen Mae was held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mylo Mettler. They plan to fly to New York to visit her father and relatives. A bon voyage gift was given by Mesdames Marion Crockett, Jack Battaglia, Elizabeth Rice, Ed Brown, Jack Hare, and Fred Ruhlman.
Mrs Joseph Neuman is in Ventura for a two week visit with her daughter Mrs Virginia Teral.
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